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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
That's assuming the metadata is intact for the books. Does it never need massaging? Don't you organize them into collections, or alter metadata? What criteria does kobo organize books by?
And AIU adding a book causes the dB to rebuild. Ive read that on a kindle it can take a while.
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No matter what method of organising the books, either in directories or pure metadata based system, you have to update the metadata. The fact that the metadata in a directory system is in the directory and files names is no different than editing the metadata in the books. The differences are in the tools used and the amount of metadata that can be easily be represented in either method.
As to how Kobo organises books, the metadata it stores for books includes:
- Title
- Author
- Series
- Book format
- Book size
- Some dates
- Reading status
- How the book got on the device (including purchased, sideloaded, library)
Every single one of those is used in some way to organise the books. Some are for separate lists (Authors, Series). Some are for filtering. Some are for sorting. And some are used for searching. And then there are collections.